Being a hard core nerd and all round science enthusiast (Hey, i read and mostly understand JIM's blog) i'm sitting watching the full coverage of The Phoenix Landing. i'll use the all caps because, let's face it, NASA is really dragging out the dog and pony for this one to get folks pumped about it. On a somewhat like note, i remember watching a commercial for the Olympics this morning during a Professional off-road Truck Race (official motto "Eat yer dad-burned heart out Bo and Luke! Yeeeeeeee-haaaw!™") which said "How many times can you watch history?" Funny, i thought i was doing that tonight.
All that said, i think i realized what the biggest problem that science TV has. They rerun more stuff than old Ed Wood movies. i'm honest, i've also been taping a bunch of astronomy shows, and it's kinda depressing how many times they either show the same footage or some variant of "stock" that they've taken from some previous show.
i mean, i know that they've got a limited budget, and they can't assume that everyone has a full idea about what the hell they're talking about, (ooh, maybe a Science Post Grad Channel) but it's wonderful to see something that's new. It's like i've seen the same footage of the death of the dinosaurs used on every show that even half managed to mention orbital bodies.
Granted, NASA isn't really getting out of that particular rut. They spent a few bucks putting together a video from "7 Minutes of Terror" showing the landing sequence, and have been showing that every 15 minutes. Heck, i've seen them take stills from the animation and discussed in detail everything they just described 10 minutes ago.
Still, i'm a huge space nerd, and i wouldn't really have it any other way.
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